If you’ve sniffed around blogs or articles about mobile phones, you’ve probably seen mention of “custom ROMs” or “mods.” What do they do for a phone? As with rooting, a ton of information is out there ...

There are several benefits of using custom ROMs as they tend to provide more customization options, efficient and performance-based tweaks. Moreover, the users can enjoy the bloatware-free experience ...

Android is the undisputed kind of mobile operating system. With nearly 63% market share of mobile OS, Android is the most favourite OS for all the major smartphone OEMs in the world. But the dominance ...

One of the coolest things about Android is the ability to install custom ROMs on your device, replacing your default version of Android with a third-party take. These custom ROMs are traditionally ...

Part of the fun of using Android has always been customization. There’s something exciting about the fact that two people using the same device and the same version of Android can have completely ...

The brilliant Nexus 4 is well catered with custom ROMs -- special versions of Android that make things faster, smoother or more intuitive. Damien McFerran has more than a decade of experience in the ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Yesterday, we took submissions for Custom ROM Friday and got an overwhelming response to check out SynergyROM ...

CypherOS, a custom ROM project for the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), or better known as ‘pure Android’, provides ROMs that implement the same design as that of AOSP's, while including features ...

We've rooted around in the jungle of custom ROMs for the Google Nexus 7 so you don't have trawl the forums. Here's our top six. David Gilson David Gilson has always revelled in tech and started ...